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Systematic Genetic Analysis with Ordered Arrays of Yeast Deletion Mutants

Tong, Amy Hin Yan, Evangelista, Marie, Parsons, Ainslie B., Xu, Hong, Bader, Gary D., Pagé, Nicholas, Robinson, Mark, Raghibizadeh, Sasan +5 more·2001·Science

Abstract

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae , more than 80% of the ∼6200 predicted genes are nonessential, implying that the genome is buffered from the phenotypic consequences of genetic perturbation. To evaluate function, we developed a method for systematic construction of double mutants, termed synthetic genetic array (SGA) analysis, in which a query mutation is crossed to an array of ∼4700 deletion mutants. Inviable double-mutant meiotic progeny identify functional relationships between genes. SGA analysis of genes with roles in cytoskeletal organization ( BNI1 , ARP2 , ARC40 , BIM1 ), DNA synthesis and repair ( SGS1 , RAD27 ), or uncharacterized functions ( BBC1 , NBP2 ) generated a network of 291 interactions among 204 genes. Systematic application of this approach should produce a global map of gene function.

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  • Synthetic genetic interaction screens in yeast show thousands of combinations of individually viable mutations can be jointly lethal, with similar examples in Drosophila and C. elegans.

    “Synthetic genetic interaction screens in yeast123,124 have demonstrated that thousands of combinations of individually viable mutations can jointly be lethal, and similar examples have been documented in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans125,126.”

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Tong, A. H. Y., Evangelista, M., Parsons, A. B., Xu, H., Bader, G. D., Pagé, N., Robinson, M., Raghibizadeh, S., Hogue, C. W. V., Bussey, H., Andrews, B., Tyers, M., & Boone, C.
Affiliations
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Queen's University (CA)
  • Mount Sinai Hospital (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • Virtek Engineering Sciences, Inc. (VESI), 1 Bedford Road, Toronto ON, Canada M5R 2J7.
Corresponding author
  • Andrews, Brenda
  • Tyers, Mike
  • Boone, Charles
Venue
Science
Published
2001-12-14
Volume
294
Issue
5550
Pages
2364-2368
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2127073167
Cited by
2,138
References
23
Citations by year
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FWCI
27.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Science (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
Keywords
synthetic genetic array, yeast deletion mutants, genetic interactions, cytoskeletal organization, non-essential genes, Saccharomyces cerevisiae
MeSH terms
Carrier Proteins, Crosses, Genetic, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cytoskeleton, DNA Repair, DNA Helicases, DNA, Fungal, Endodeoxyribonucleases, Fungal Proteins, Genes, Fungal, Genetic Markers, Genetic Techniques, Microfilament Proteins, Microtubule Proteins, Mitosis, Recombination, Genetic, Robotics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genome, Fungal, Cell Polarity, Gene Deletion, Cell Cycle Proteins, Computational Biology, Genes, Essential, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Databases, Genetic, Flap Endonucleases, RecQ Helicases

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